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News and Announcements
2024 Faculty of Arts holiday card unveiled
Kristina Penn's striking photograph of frazil ice in Tasààn Zhat Chù’ (Copper Joe Creek) selected as this year’s design
Six UCalgary researchers receive renewals of Canada Research Chairs
Combined with eight new CRC appointments, UCalgary receives more than $10 million in funding
Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Dr. Shelley Alexander of the Department of Geography joins an esteemed group of distinguished Canadians
UCalgary entrepreneurs help push boundaries of remote sensing
Master's student flies drone beyond visual line-of-sight to map hundreds of kilometres of seismic lines
Parex Fellows work to translate research into societal impact
Five new fellows focus on transportation, machine learning, community accessibility, lithium capture and Canadian history
Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship appoints 16 academic co-leads
New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary
In the Media
In the News Brent Else, Geography, in CBC News
Canadian naval ship in Antarctica for first-of-its-kind climate study
In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in Times Colonist
Trump wants B.C.'s water: Plausible or one big pipe dream?
In the News Andrea Freeman, Geography, in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Indigenous site near Prince Albert could date back 11,000 years: researchers
In the News Andrea Freeman, Geography, in Hamilton Spectator
Sturgeon Lake First Nation calls on governments to study and protect 11,000 year old settlement
In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in Daily Kos
Trump thinks he invaded California and turned on a magic water faucet
In the News Trevor Tombe, Economics, in The Conversation
Trump returns: nine things to expect for the climate
2025 RBC Foundation/Calgary Phil Concerto Concert
Experience the next generation of musical talent! Students from the School of Creative and Performing Arts and Mount Royal University Conservatory take the stage as soloists with Calgary Phil.
March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre
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